The inside line I'm talking about has nothing to do with his divorce... has to do on a business level that I know he's not crazy about me steeling his former partner to work on Weblogs, Inc. (who became very rich, 18 months after leaving happycog).

Don't apologize for kicking him while he's down, and then continue to give us information that accomplishes the very thing you're apologizing for.

You have a talent for making the entrepreneurship world a lot more dramatic and childish than it should be.